６４花札　天使の約束 64 Hanafuda Tenshi no Yakusoku 64 Hanafuda An angels promise 1 Introduction 2 Manual Translation 1 Introduction This is the first and only single player Hanafuda (Flower Card) game released only in Japan for the N64, by Altron on December 5th 1999. Altron are now mostly know for making licensed video games based on family friend TV shows such as Spongebob and the Simpsons. Hanafuda is a game generally played by women, and this game features a romance story, making it one of the few games on the N64 which you could claim was made mostly for a female audience. It also also strongly linked to Yakuza, but clearly this game was not made for that audience! Playing cards were bought to Japan by Portuguese sailors. The Japanese began producing their own playing cards after 1573, however these were soon banned when the country closed its boarders in 1633. The game Hana Awase, or Flower Matching was made before 1816 and was a banned gambling game, and was based on previous versions of Japanese playing cards. Famously, Nintendo began as hanafuda production company in 1889. The game has 12 suits, each a month of the year shown by a relevant flower. Within each suit are four cards, a bright card (20 points), an animal card (10 points) a ribbon card (5 points) and a plain card (1 point). In order to play this game you are going to need to know how to play Hana Awase, Koikoi (come come) and Oichokabu. Koikoi became some what popular after it was featured in the anime Summer Wars. You especially need to know what cards make a winning hand (Yaku). This is really beyond the scope of this guide, but you can find the rules here. Good luck. https://www.sloperama.com/hanafuda/ 2 Manual Translation Pg 4 Controls Start – Start the game D Pad / 3D Stick – move the cursor A Button – Confirm B Button - Cancel Z Trigger - Confirm Pg 6 How to start the game These are the game mode available in the order they are displayed on the selection screen. Story Mode ストーリーモード 13 years ago the protagonist exchanged promises with “a certain someone”. In order that protagonist fulfills a promise he made long ago, they must remember where they promised to meet again, whilst many Hanafuda games play out. Can the protagonist meet that “certain someone” again…? Free Battle フリー対戦 You can choose any character you wish to battle, and play Koikoi, Hana Awase, or Oichokabu. Rule Explanationルール説明 The basic rules of hanafuda are explained here. Pg 7 Story mode If you select story mode the following menu will be displayed. Press the A button or Z trigger to confirm your choice. If you choose to continue you can choose to replay any stage you have currently cleared. はじめから Start from the beginning つづきから Continue After winning a game, the following options will be displayed Continue Save End the game If you lost the match, only Continue and End the game will be displayed. You cannot save your game at that point. Pg 8 Free battle mode You can play against the characters you have met in story mode. If you select free battle mode, the following game types will be displayed. Please confirm your choice with the A Button or Z Trigger. Koikoi Hana Awase Oichokabu Pg 9 Koikoi You can choose your character and one opponent. The victor is determined by the value of their winning hand. If you draw the card you need for your winning hand, you can choose to Koikoi or to Shobu. If you Shobu you can gain the value of that winning hand. If you are aiming for a bigger winning hand choose Koikoi and the game will continue. However if your opponent plays a winning hand, the previous hand you had will not apply. Rule settings screen On this screen the rules that change be changed are as follows. Time limit – None, 5 seconds, 10 seconds, 20 seconds Game type – 6 rounds, 12, first to 4 wins Display the score On, Off Tsukimi Hanami On, Off Dealer Authority On, Off Dobon On, Off If Dobun is on, if you run out of points the game will end. The player who stole the points will win. Before the game begins, the dealer will be decided. The dealer is the player who draws the highest moon card from the deck. Please choose one using the D Pad and confirm with the A Button or Z Trigger. If Dealer Authority is on, and the dealer draws a winning hand they will automatically win. However, if it is off, and the game ends in a draw, another round will be played. Game screen You may choose which card to take from the discarded cards using the D Pad. Top of the screen - Your opponents cards Middle right of the screen - How many points your opponents have below that - How many points you have In the center of the screen - The discarded cards Middle left - The number of rounds, and the draw deck The card you are currently looking at will be enlarged. Using the D Pad, select a card and press the A Button or the Z Trigger to confirm. Pg 12 Hana Awase You may choose a character and two opponents. When the deck runs out the game will end. The player with most points at the end is the winner. Rule settings screen The settings that can be changed are as follows Time limit – none, 5 seconds, 10 seconds, 20 seconds Game type – half game, 12 rounds Score display – on, off Sake cup cards – on, off Ameshima – none, 20 points, a flowing winning hand Bakefuda (sake cup cards) are cards that can be taken from the discard pile and used to make hands. A player may hold 2 bakefuda as their last two cards 雨島Ameshima (rain island) – 4 willow cards are called an Ameshima. If a Bakefuda acts as one point card, it cannot become a Ameshima 20 point winning hand – Without bakefuda as one point card an Ameshima is worth 20 Flowing winning hands – Without bakefuda as one point card, only the exact values of the cards is counted. Deciding the dealer It is decided in the same way as above. Choose from the 12 cards using the D Pad and the A Button or Z Trigger. Game Screen Top left – number of rounds Top right – Your opponents open cards Middle of the screen – the deck Above the deck – discarded cards Bottom left – Your open cards The card you are currently looking at will be enlarged. Using the D Pad, select a card and press the A Button or the Z Trigger to confirm. Calculating the points for Hana Awase The points are calculated for each player based on the value of each card they have. If a player loses to another players hand they must pay penalty points based on that hands value. Uefuda are 20 points, Tanefuda are 10 points, Tanfuda are 5 points and Kasufuda are 1 point. If the player draws a winning card themselves, the other two players must pay the winning value of that hand. At the end of the game, 88 points will be distributed based on the scores. These 88 points come from the fact that the 48 cards have a combined value of 264, this is then divided amongst the 3 players. If the player draws a card for a winning hand, for a hand that has a value of less than 20 points, it will not be treated as a win, and another game will be played. Pg 15 Oichakabu You can choose a character and two opponents. You are competing to match 2 or 3 moon cards. The player with 9 points, or if the dealer is closest to 9 points they will win. Each card is worth different points, although 10 is worth zero. Choosing a dealer After a dealer is chosen the game will start. The method is the same as above. Rule Settings screen The rule settings that can be changed are as follows Game type – Half game, 12 rounds Win on the first turn – On, Off (If the dealers first two cards equal 6 they may refuse another card and win instead) From the top left corner of the screen The round number The deck The dealer From the top right corner The players and their cards on the table From the start the dealer deals each player 4 cards one by one. Next the players bet up to 10 points. Next 2 cards are dealt, if you wish to take one please select either yes いる or no いらない. If both players wish to take the card, you must play rock paper scissors. Oichokabu card division names and special winning hands Total points name 1 Pin 2 Nizo 3 Santa 4 Yoshiya 5 Goke 6 Roppou 7 Shichiken 8 Oicho 9 Kabu 0 Buta Special winning hands Shiichi / Kyuichi - If the the dealer is delt the fourth or ninth moon as their first hand, and then draws the first moon on their second draw they win without any conditions Storm - If all three cards are the same moon (dealer or player) then 3 times the amounts of points are taken. The winner is determined based on the number of points. The dealer may win with both these special hands at the same time. Pg 18 Options If you press the Start button during play the options will be displayed. If you are currently in Richi, it will tell you what card you need to complete your hand. Hanafuda Resolution Mode The basic rules of Hanafuda are explained here. These are the following options Koikoi explanation Hana Awase explanation Oichokabu explanation Koikoi winning hands Hana Awase winning hands